CVE-2010-0221
Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition (DTSP), and DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition (DTEP) USB flash drives validate passwords with a program running on the host computer rather than the device hardware, which…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition (DTSP), and DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition (DTEP) USB flash drives validate passwords with a program running on the host computer rather than the device hardware, which allows physically proximate attackers to access the cleartext drive contents via a modified program.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- kingston/datatraveler blackbox · kingston/datatraveler elite · kingston/datatraveler secure
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023410
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
- http://www.kingston.com/driveupdate/Exploit
- http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_Kingston_USB-Stick.pdf
- http://www.syss.de/index.php?id=108&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=528&cHash=8d16fa63d9
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0080Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55477
- https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023410
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
- http://www.kingston.com/driveupdate/Exploit
- http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_Kingston_USB-Stick.pdf
- http://www.syss.de/index.php?id=108&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=528&cHash=8d16fa63d9
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0080Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55477
- https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.